25 Cancelled Game Boy Advance Games

Next up in the cancelled games series, we're taking a look at twenty-five (well, technically twenty-eight) unreleased GBA games. What a great handheld, and there are some fantastic looking games in this list, and from many different genres so there's something here for everyone.
I hope you all enjoy it!
All background music from Iridion II on GBA.
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[@MarcoValeKaz]

Hi, I was the artist on Shining Star. Its indeed a shame the game never saw the light of day, but it suffered from less than good product management, and as you said, a console at end of life. The whole point of the game was to show AI adjusting its strategy (placement of the red guys) according to the players position on the level. Thanks for the feature and the kind words to the art. It was indeed inspired both on metal slug and advanced wars. at the time, my favorite game to play.

[@onaretrotip]

Oh wow, good job! It really does look gorgeous. Shame it was never released.I love Advance Wars too, I've been playing Advance Wars 2 solidly every night lately (big session last night). Thanks so much for stopping by!

[@MrSRArter]

The GBA was also going to get a port of the first Metal Slug.

[@onaretrotip]

Metal Slug is perfect for the GBA.

[@LOCKEYJ]

onaretrotip there is a metal slug game on gba, not a direct port of any of the arcade or console games that came before but it is probably the first handheld metal slug that FEELS like a real metal slug

[@richardlong773]

It ended up being unofficially released as a bootleg called Terrifying 9/11 Edit: Oh. I read that at first as GBC

[@pferreira1983]

Makes sense.

[@TheHighlander71]

Every time I'm reminded of the Game Boy Advance I'm amazed at how powerful it is. There are really good games available for it and it's a good system to collect for. But for some reason the good old game boy get relegated to the shelf. Still, I'm glad to have a few of them including some good games. Well done Pete. I know the research for the videos is a lot of work.

[@onaretrotip]

It really is an amazing handheld, and often doesn't get the credit it deserves. Thanks, Wouter! Glad to know it's appreciated.

[@GardevoirBoy1991]

The Game Boy Advance was the demise of the Wonderswan Color. Outside of Japan, The Game Boy Advance was a spiritual localization of that system.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, I guess so. I never even knew about the Wonderswan at the time, and didn't actually play one until I bought one a few years back.

[@Michirin9801]

I just love how you're using Iridion II music in the background, that soundtrack is amazing~

[@onaretrotip]

Oh, it's sooo good!!!

[@BlastProcessing]

I love the look of Overstorm, it has a 'Heart of Darkness'-ish vibe to it

[@onaretrotip]

Ha, yes it really does!

[@ButtonBashers]

Awesome video once again!.... respect to the work you put in behind the scenes!...

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you very much!

[@mtshark7]

Awesome video Pete! I had no idea about the shantae sequel on the GBA. I love these series you do :-)

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Mark! Really glad you're enjoying the series, because I'm having a blast making them.

[@RETROGAMINGARTS]

GP ADVANCE looks CRAZY... the graphics looked really good, it kinda reminds me of SUPER MONICO GP! I know you remember that one! i've never seen that banjo kazoe pilot game either, its cool the story behind why all these games didnt make it, finding all this out must take alot of effort, great job and thank you

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, GP Advance looks nuts considering it's a GBA game! Thanks, Paul, glad you enjoyed it.

[@rontheauraknight9606]

I find it pretty interesting Shantae as a Series stayed afloat... If it wasn't for the 2010 release (Which luckily got a publisher) hen we wouldn't have seen Shantae ever again due to the Original one tanking in sales deterring publishers from Two complete games (Risky Revolution and Risky Waters.. Its such a shame but I guess it actually got to escape death... many series cant say they escape death... (Of course Games like Fire Emblem can... but series such as Chibi Robo, F-Zero, etc all are dead)

[@onaretrotip]

Very true! Shantae is quite rare and fortunate that it was revived so far down the line.

[@rontheauraknight9606]

Yep though I could understand developers not being confident in the games after the first one was a commercial (but not critical) bomb.. but if it wasn't I believe Shantae would be much more popular than what it is today. Course I didn't know much about any of the other games on your list so thanks very much for giving such wonderful information :)

[@onaretrotip]

Ah, thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@pferreira1983]

I'm not quite sure why the studio would make a second attempt after the poor sales of the first game.

[@rontheauraknight9606]

@@pferreira1983 well it was one of those games that wasn’t a commerical success but a critical success... maybe they thought a second try on a newer console (the original Shantae released like a month or so before the GBA on the Color) so maybe try again on a newer console and not on the direct tail end of the previous generation However I guess that idea got scrapped or not enough budget in it... and maybe was halted until the DS game was created

[@rahpahgah]

Shining Star looked particularly awesome, what a kick in the balls that it was never released. Might have to grab a copy of Broken Circle and World Reborn though.

[@onaretrotip]

Shining Star looks interesting, I agree. Shame there's no gameplay footage available. I'm not sure if Broken Circle and World Reborn are still available, but worth checking, or they may be available elsewhere now. Thanks, Wayne!

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

Awesome list! It's crazy to look back at stuff like this, because frankly, GBA sprite art beats the pants off of so many indie titles' today when it comes to sprite art. There's far too much "minimalist artsy" crap now, that barely look like they'd push an Atari 2600, and it completely chokes out people who _can_ produce and animate wonderful stuff (dooming far too much stuff like _Mystik Belle_ or _Strikey Sisters_ to obscurity). But back then, *every* studio were interested in pushing sprite art _forward_ as hard as they could. Just to stand out against the excellent work in games like _Mega Man Zero 2_ or _Sonic Advance 3_ . When the "B Tier" obscure games were as good looking as _Sigma Star Saga, Lady Sia, Rebelstar Tactical Command, Iridion 2_ or _Scurge: Hive_ , you know you're spoiled for sprite art :P Still, all that stiff competition means games that couldn't cut it or couldn't find a publisher, and a lot that didn't put up amazing sales numbers, so of course a list like this could be assembled. Nice job highlighting some impressive stuff for the platform! The GBA has just a stupid amount of unreleased, incredibly promising looking titles judging by the amount of stuff catalogued on places like unseen64, so I really dig shining the spotlight on so many promising games If/when you do another one of these, you should include Bits Studios' _Wizards_ , the sequel to the uber-impressive GBC real time strategy game they did that Nintendo (for some reason) never picked up. Feel bad for that team - they did nothing but make good games, but Nintendo only published _Warlocked_ . They gave up on _Riqa_ on N64, then _Wizards_ , and now you show me _Jet Riders_ ? Jeez - why did Nintendo suddenly turn their backs on that studio (heck, the entire European development scene really, judging from their sale of Rare) so hard? Dummies.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks dude! Totally agree; the GBA's sprite art is gorgeous. I was really surprised by the number of unreleased GBA games. Sometimes it's a struggle to find enough interesting ones, but in this case it was hard narrowing it down to just twenty-five. And often the games on these lists are mostly terrible, with one or two promising titles, but here there are so many that look fantastic. What a shame. I'll definitely do a Game Boy and GBC video (together or separately depending on whether I can find enough interesting titles). Thanks so much for watching!

[@Champion2D]

Brilliant vid Pete. As you'd imagine this topic would greatly peak my interest. That Odema game looked really cool, such a shame it never saw the light of day.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Rob! Thought you might like this one. Odema looks brilliant, what a shame. I'd buy that in a heartbeat.

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

Blue Angelo sounds like a good contender for a future Piko Interactive release, especially if the original rights owners/devs are still kicking about pretty actively enough to do a Kickstarter for a remake.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, definitely. We'll see!

[@RetroGamePlayers]

So many awesome looking games, the GBA is a little power house! Another great episode!!

[@onaretrotip]

It certainly is! Thanks, Marcus.

[@PrettyBlueThings]

Awesome! I'm gonna watch this right now!!! Thank you Pete! :D

[@onaretrotip]

Ha, you're very welcome mate!

[@shenmeowzo]

some great lookin games there. its cool that rpg came out in the end anyway.. that happened with an unreleased virtual boy game, which made me very happy. love the gba. such a good handheld.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, some really great looking games here, Ben. Usually with these videos it's a blessing they weren't released, but there are quite a few promising titles this time. A great handheld indeed.

[@sadiqayan]

This Is Why I love Your Channel!!! You Inspire me keep up the great work!

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you, that means a lot!

[@sadiqayan]

onaretrotip Also I love your Editing .

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks! I'm still learning, but am definitely improving. Still trying to find that sweet spot with the audio.

[@sadiqayan]

onaretrotip Nice Could you do a video about you editor once you get good at it?

[@onaretrotip]

I'll certainly consider it.

You only make these videos to make us cry, don’t you? Cancelled Bitmap Brothers games? Cancelled Rick Dangerous? I am going to need a stiff drink to get over this one. :’(

[@onaretrotip]

Hahaha yes, yes I do. I thrive on the tears of my subscribers mwah-ha-haa! A lot of Amiga classics in this video, yes. Sorry :(

onaretrotip I knew it!!

[@costantinomottola5134]

Sigma Star Saga featured some connections with Shantae 2 Risky Revolution, it was mainly made because of Shantae as Namco wanted a new IP instead of publishing Shantae 2, the 20+ hours of gameplay Shantae 2 was planned to have, the explosion GFX. eventually in 2009 thanks to digital downloads WayForward can finally self publish Risky's Revenge for DSiWare, born from the ashes of Shantae 2 Risky Revolution. Eventually the closest thing we got was Risky's Revenge and Half Genie Hero combined as both reuse pieces from the cancelled GBA game

[@onaretrotip]

Interesting. Yet more proof that the GBA game will never see any kind of release.

[@devastator200]

Why the fuck have you only got less than 8K subs..!! Some of these games look really stunning, what a massive shame. Great vid here pete thanks dude 🤘🏼

[@onaretrotip]

Haha thanks, Luke. Can't believe I have almost 8000 mate, so it's all good. Yeah, I think of all the cancelled games videos I've done so far, this one has the best selection. Gutting. Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it.

[@NYCJoeBlack]

Crawfish..I remember them for their spectacular job on porting those Street Fighter games to the GAME BOY COLOR and GAME BOY ADVANCE. I still own all those games by them CIB.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, their Street Fighter Alpha 3 is awesome! I have that complete.

[@krisc1684]

Really good series.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Kris! I'm really enjoying making these.

[@bsdims]

Here are some interesting unreleased GBC games Star Heritage - 2001 - R-Lab Drymouth - 2001 - Demiforce & Paragon5

[@costantinomottola5134]

Bullshiryo Dims Gekido for GBC was a really cool cancelled game, Naps Team revealed the demo back in 2017 on Facebook and wow the big sprites, the fluid animation, really impressive game for GBC but it waa cancelled due to bad timing with the GBA and lack of publisher interest. The GBC version of Densetsu no Stafy which graphically looked really good but it was cancelled because it jumped ship on the GBA

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll hopefully be doing a Game Boy and Game Boy Color video soon (or two if there are enough interesting cancelled games).

[@costantinomottola5134]

onaretrotip Densetsu no Stafy for GBC is exactly the same game as the GBA version, but honestly the GBC version seems more fitting since is meant for that platform Oh and I forgot to mention Jet Force Gemini and Banjo-Kazooie Grunty's Curse Banjo-Kazooie Grunty's Curse sadly never surpassed the concept stages, it would be interesting to see how the game looked like in action but I'd imagine the game to be similiar to Conker's Pocket Tales

[@miltondelacruz7033]

You really do have one of the best channel for us retro nerds.

[@onaretrotip]

Ah, thank you very much, Milton. Too kind.

[@detectingretro6313]

Love this series even if I am a little late to the party!

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you! Got a couple more coming soon.

[@quinncollects6764]

Another classic vid mate

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Craig!

[@TheGameGrinder]

I fired this up hoping you'd mention Shantae Advance, was not disappointed. A shame a lot of these games were unreleased, as many look pretty neat!

[@onaretrotip]

Ha, I thought you'd like Shantae getting a mention. Yeah, lots of these look great, which is unusual (most of these videos feature terrible games with a few gems in the mix).

[@zay4756]

Great vid!!

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Paul!

[@jackholland8392]

Great content keep up the good work. Xxx

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Jack! I'll try.

[@kristina80ification]

Just a bit of trivia here, the 16 bit Phantom 2040 game was based on a somewhat obscure 1990s American cartoon that attempted to do a futuristic take on the charecter. Despite it getting good critical reviews it wasn't very popular, possibly due to the fact that it's story lines and tone were rather "adult" but it was still marketed towards kids. Fans of cartoons often cite it as ahead of it's time.

[@onaretrotip]

Ah, not sure if I've ever seen that. Thanks for the info. I loved Defenders of the Earth though!

[@pferreira1983]

Bigger trivia: the PAL release of the game is cut.

[@MellowGaming]

Mate, I always have the Defenders of the Earth theme tune in my head. That Dune game looks like it's using voxel rendering for its terrain. I don't think I've seen any GBA games do that. That's pretty impressive. Also, i'm pretty sure Gods on GBA got real close to release. I swear there was previews of it and even video footage. I never got on with Gods for some reason but Magic Pockets on GBA would have been right up my alley.

[@onaretrotip]

Hahaha good man! Yeah, agree that the technology behind Dune seems quite impressive considering the hardware. I loved Gods and Chaos Engine, but always found Magic Pockets a bit bland. Shame they never made it.

[@MellowGaming]

onaretrotip I imagine if I played magic pockets now I'd be massively let down. As a kid though it was that game they played on motormouth over the phone so it was cool. They played Hugo the troll took but nothing could make that cool.

[@onaretrotip]

Haha I loved it when they played games over the phone.

[@donny4182]

Great system and great video.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Ryan! Such a great console.

[@LukesGamePage]

SP with it's lovely design and backlight took it to the next level, what a system. Loved how it basically became a mini SNES as time went on.

[@onaretrotip]

The SP has to be the most beautifully designed console in history!

[@BlueflagAlpha]

shining star looks like a promising game if its being developed

[@onaretrotip]

I'm nit aware that it is, but it does indeed look promising. A shame there's no gameplay footage knocking about.

[@RussellFlowers]

This is a depressing video... so many great opportunities missed.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, pretty sad, Russell. Some fantastic games here that we will most likely never play.

[@sebastianp.48]

what's the music starting at 7:28?

[@onaretrotip]

All the music is from Iridion II on GBA. You can listen here: downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/iridion-ii

[@frankboogaard88]

A tip on how to recognise a fake: They use graphics from a known IP, and gameplay from another. I see a lot of that in your cancelled games series

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, there are a few that have straight up stolen assets from released games. Shameful!

[@christhestuddelgado]

Awesome vid

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Chris! Glad you liked it.

[@legendodinson7082]

Great video. Unfortunately one error which gave my hopes up. :( Broken Circle and World reborn are not currently available at Piko Interactive.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Julian! Ah man, that sucks. I wonder if they'll do another run, or perhaps they're now available elsewhere?

[@mrmadmight266]

"Argh!! bloody Rick Dangerous!"to quote Stuart Ashen's opinion about it, i don't think is a bad game. i love meet some Tyrian on PC MS-DOS, i'll definitely check the GBA version out. also excuse me but i don't see any site that has a rom of Shin'en Racer.

[@onaretrotip]

Haha yeah, Rick Dangerous can be bloody frustrating. I love Tyrian on DOS too. Great game, and Tyrian 2000 is free on gog.com. Hmm, I did read that Shin'en Racer was released publicly, but on further inspection it seems that the guy made a video of the prototype but didn't actually release the ROM. Sorry!

[@mrmadmight266]

I haven't tried Rick Dangerous myself yet but it doesn't look as frustrating as other games i played.i love playing Tyrian with the mouse and i always wanted to do a video about Tyrian but i haven't got around to do so,but i'm amazed its a free game considering how much quality it has. and oh well, at least i got plenty of other games thanks to your video. good stuff**Thumbs up**

[@onaretrotip]

Ah, I see. It can be frustrating but it's great fun. Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@mrmadmight266]

You're welcome. also, do you know a game called Qwak? it was a BBC Micro game that was later ported to the Amiga,but it wasn't too popular, however that doesn't mean Qwak was bad, its a fun game and i just discovered that it was actually ported to the GBA,sadly no publisher had interest publishing the port, but unlike those canceled GBA ports of Amiga games,Qwak was actually released as an unlicensed GBA game, though only 300 copies were made,and you had to go to the dev.'s site to buy it. i thought it was facinating since the creator of the game really tried to get it out there.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, I know Qwak from the BBC. Definitely interesting!

[@thema1998]

Today is the 1 *year* anniversary of when you uploaded this video. 🤓 EDITS- 3:39 P.M.: *finishes video 40 minutes later* I would've been done sooner but I took two long breaks. 3:42 P.M.: I had to deal with my poor internet connection and watch TV. 3:45 P.M.: I've never played a Game Boy Color game but I couldn't help but feel disappointed by the fact that these games were unreleased. 😔

[@onaretrotip]

Wooooo! Happy birthday to this video. Haha thanks for watching despite your issues.

[@vasileios6301]

Odena reminds me Three Wonderers,that game was also Contra style and had extra horizontal shoot em up game in plus a Pengo clone. What a shame it didnt released,same for Shantae.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, gutted about Odema. That looks amazing.

[@Bob_Beaky]

It always surprised me that there weren't more Amiga games ported to the GBA. You'd think it would be a no-brainer.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, you would have thought so. Hilarious username BTW hahaha!

[@AdamCoate]

Where can the Odema prototype ROM be found at? Google has been failing me on this one.

[@AdamCoate]

From closer inspection it would seem the person with the prototype hasn't dumped it.

[@onaretrotip]

That is correct, sadly. I'd love to play that game!

[@costantinomottola5134]

onaretrotip Piko Interactive owned the rights of Odema in order to finish the game

[@onaretrotip]

So are they actually planning to complete and release it, Costantino?

[@tatertot64]

"top down wave race" This phrase alone shows how much more influential Wave Race 64 was than its GB predecessor. Unless I'm mistaking the GB version as being part of the same series of course.

[@onaretrotip]

Good point! Didn't even consider that.

[@adamjones6473]

GameBoy Advance is probably my Favorite Console of all time. Not counting Virtual Console on things like WiiU or 3DS

[@onaretrotip]

It's such a great handheld, and the games hold up really well to this day. I've never stopped playing GBA since I first bought one back in the day.

[@diarykeeper]

Yep. It is amazing how much effor the devs used to pour into development back then :)

[@youdontneedtoseehisidentif4939]

Huh, I actually remember reading an overview of how _Shin'en Racer_ worked technologically - it's 3D, but top-down 3D - a good few years ago. If I owned a publishing company I'd definitely try to have _Odema and the Magic Book_ finished and released... Besides that, I think _Shantae Advance_ (for its art) and _GP Advance_ (for its technology) and the games I'd most like to play from this list.

[@onaretrotip]

Top-down 3D!? Hmm, interesting. It does look good. Odema is the one that I'd most like to own, that looks fantastic. Agree on Shantae and GP Advance too, for those reasons. Thanks, Mark!

[@diarykeeper]

10:45 Cries... looks back at screen, cries some more. Why Graphic State ? Why ? You had soooo many awesome games in store. That GTA like tech demo. Urban Reflex ? But none came out *sob*

[@onaretrotip]

*sobs in stereo*

[@LeBossu77]

I had a feeling you were going to mention Gods for Desolate World, there's no getting away from it, even the animation's the same. I could almost imagine that it was built with the same game engine, either that or the devs are just massive Bitmap Bros fans. It's a shame Chaos Engine didn't make it either, I could see that being great on the GBA. I'm not sure I'm too disappointed that the Flashback game was canned, with the new colour palette it looks like it could've lost the eerie but familiar alien world vibe that it got with the pastel shades. The screenshots made it look a bit too stylised, closer to something like Rayman. Yeah, I think Odema would've been up my street as well, shame that one bit the dust, it's exactly the sort of game that would be going for big bucks now though. I'd be interested to know why that one was canned, maybe it was a mix of too many styles that made it a tricky sell, a bit sci-fi, fantasy and steam punk. I'd be up for playing Jet Riders as well, I definitely get the Micro Machines vibe, the water stages were always my favourites.

[@onaretrotip]

Oh, absolutely. The similarities are so exact - the movements, pace, graphics, everything! I agree, The Chaos Engine would have been great on the GBA. Totally agree on Flashback as well; it just doesn't feel like a Flashback game, it's too colourful. So gutted about Odema, it looks fantastic. I love both genres that the game features (run & gun and shooter), and it would've suited the GBA well. Jet Riders looks cool, and I like the look of Motocross Challenge. Thanks for watching, Owen!

[@pferreira1983]

I agree on Flashback.

[@LeBossu77]

@@pferreira1983 It's got a very unique look, the game would lose something if they changed that.

[@pferreira1983]

@@LeBossu77 Yep.

[@woodlin37]

did you record the voice over in a cave?? great vid by the way

[@onaretrotip]

Yes, my rape cave. Been meaning to invite you round to see it, Karl. Thanks mate, glad you liked it!

[@horridlorries1237]

If there ever is a sequel, will Battletoads GBA be included?

[@onaretrotip]

There won't be a sequel I'm afraid.

[@horridlorries1237]

onaretrotip Oh well.

[@bboydrew71]

Great vid

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Andrew!

[@VSigma725]

Great list, though you should have included the GBA Transformers game! That looks really cool but sadly vanished completely...

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks! Oooh, I wasn't aware of that one, I would've most likely included it. Certainly looks interesting!

[@Pridetoons]

We need to bring back Shantae Advance.

[@costantinomottola5134]

Pridetoons aka Afro Lion never happening, closest we got was Risky's Revenge but is a completely different game

[@onaretrotip]

We can hope!

[@costantinomottola5134]

onaretrotip I hope Shantae Advance will be released since WayForward streamed full gameplay of the demo back in October 3rd 2013 on Twitch, but WayForward didn't have plans at the moment, so we will never know when

[@justmike3018]

Blue Angelo looks like it wanted to tie in to the Chrono Trigger mythos.

[@onaretrotip]

🤔

[@LukesGamePage]

Ho Dune would have been cool, and that FPS looked insane for GBA. Had Ecks v Sever one christmas and couldn't believe I was playing an FPS on handheld; the genre doesn't quite work on it though like you say

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, it's a bit fiddly on such a small screen. Amazing what they could do on the GBA hardware though!

[@GrownAssNerd]

Looks like we missed out!

[@onaretrotip]

Big time!

[@roberthanthonymartinezrive7383]

Shining Star, Xyanide, Gods, Magic Pockets, The Chaos Engine, Chronicles Of Eden, Overstorm, Odema & The Magic Book, GP Advance, Sanxion, Shantae 2: Risky's Revolution & Jet Riders looked so good! I hope either Piko Interactive or JoshProd could pick their rights in order to be released. That or anybody who worked on them/ own the prototypes released them to the public! :-)

[@AdamCoate]

Is the Odema prototype ROM available anywhere? I can't seem to find it.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, so many good looking games in this list. Hopefully someone can release them, as you say. I'd love to get a physical copy of Odema, Jet Riders, and Shantae!

[@onaretrotip]

The playable beta of Odema was never publicly released (as far as I know), Adam.

[@TombstoneChris]

I think that regardless of the system some of these unreleased games that will never see the light of day should either be sold or just put out there if there is any type of working prototype. And the source code should be released so that up-and-coming video game makers maybe kids out of school or what have you can work on it to finish the game and you will have a rom that you can play on emulators. are a custom cartridge can be made as long as there is an agreement that it will not be sold for any type of financial gain because a lot of these games I've seen in your series of videos or not so well but there are a lot that we're really good and I wouldn't personally love to see them see the light of day somehow.

[@onaretrotip]

In an ideal world, yes. It's a crying shame when they can't be enjoyed.

[@gustavosoto4607]

You missed Mega Man Mania. A collection of the 5 GB mega man games with color.

[@onaretrotip]

Loads more than twenty-five cancelled games on the GBA. I think any Mega Man collection on the GBA would have been successful, it's a shame they lost the code.

[@Revali4EverRito368]

Dang! Diddy Kong Pilot would’ve been a fun if it hadn’t got cancelled due to Microsoft buying out Rare. Sometimes, I wish I could go back in time to 2002 to the day before Microsoft bought out Rare... :(

[@onaretrotip]

😢

[@TrollDecker]

The "top-down Wave Race" comment bugs me a little because that's precisely what the original Game Boy Wave Race (long before WR64) was. >.

[@onaretrotip]

Very good point!

[@0DNETNIN]

Can’t find a Rom for Shin’en GBA Racer

[@onaretrotip]

It was never publicly released I'm afraid.

[@0DNETNIN]

onaretrotip onaretrotip Yeah this sucks big time. Motocross Challenge was interesting to me because I wondered where all the Excitebike clones were at.

[@JamieBainbridge]

That Dune game looks interesting, I love the original Dune 1 on DOS, it's aged much better than Dune 2 imo. The Flashback game would have been SOOOO good, I can't get enough cinematic platformers. The Bitmap Brothers games I am not fussed on. I feel only British kids have nostalgia for that "shaded metal" Euroshmup look. Amiga devs be like "We have 16384 colors and we're going to use every one of them!"

[@onaretrotip]

The Flashback game does look great, agreed! I'm not too fussed on the Bitmap Brothers games either, as I'm happier playing them on my Amiga.

[@user-zo9dc1lu3q]

I love the gba SO MUCH !!!

[@onaretrotip]

Me too, Alessandro! Still fun to this day.

[@chapstickwarrior9277]

Nintendo could easily give old GBA games life by just bringing them to the Switch. I'm not talking about a few titles...I want almost every game. Of course not including the crappy ones.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, definitely. Even a GBA compilation would go down a storm!

[@chapstickwarrior9277]

Yeah, like a huge collection of GBA games! That would be so cool!

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah it certainly would!

[@eb7389]

Why the Phantom game is in italian?

[@onaretrotip]

Cazzo lo sa.

[@Chaosfox04]

I would have liked to have seen Mega Man Anniversary Collection released which was going to be to the GB games as the GCN Anniversary collection was to the console games.

[@onaretrotip]

Ah, interesting. I wonder why Capcom didn't release that, it sounds like a money-spinner.

[@costantinomottola5134]

onaretrotip because Atomic Planet the developer lost the source code so its why it never saw the light of day

[@MartellThaCool]

I really want to play these games

[@onaretrotip]

Me too! Especially Odema, but sadly there isn't a ROM of that one available currently.

[@pferreira1983]

Such a shame. Most of these games deserved to be released, they're all mostly good, just needed work.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, so sad for the developers. All that work.

[@paxhumana2015]

The Chaos Engine=Soldiers of Fortune.

[@onaretrotip]

Correct. In North America it was renamed Soldiers of Fortune on the SNES and Genesis. They also changed the character of The Preacher to a scientist, as they didn't want to portray a priest killing people.

[@Bransfiiiield]

Holy buggers, I'd never heard of Desolate Worlds. It's almost a sequel to Gods. I must play it. Even if it's both not a sequel to Gods and is probably rubbish. TO THE AMIGA!

[@onaretrotip]

It's insanely similar to Gods isn't it! Let me know what you think of it, Ian.

[@Garhunt05]

A cancelled gba game list without lady sia two? For shame. Good list though never heard of these titles.

[@onaretrotip]

There's not really much to show on Lady Sia 2, so didn't deem it worth including. That's the problem; there are so many cancelled games for most systems that it's hard narrowing it down! Thanks, glad you liked it.

[@bfbfour4051]

You forgot Dakar 2 on Nintendo Gamecube who has a GBA minigame mode who has tracks, GB Rally 2 and GP Advance in Top 25 Cancelled Gameboy Advance Games

[@onaretrotip]

It wasn't a case of forgetting them, as I said in the video there are many cancelled GBA games, and I just picked these twenty-five. But I didn't include GP Advance.

[@hong10ly70]

Good game. I looking for them to test in m'y everdrive

[@onaretrotip]

Nice!

[@VOAN]

It would be nice had all these games not get cancelled: Yoshi's Story Resident Evil 2: Advance Edition Shantae 2: Risky's Revolution SNK vs. Capcom Advance Metal Slug One Final Fantasy III Advance Aero the Acro-Bat 2 Mega Man Anniversary Edition (formerly known as Mega Man Mania)

[@NYCJoeBlack]

Voan Siam - Final Fantasy III did get release under the moniker Final Fantasy VI: Advance. Unless you are talking about Final Fantasy III that was not released in the US until the 3D Remake called Final Fantasy III for the Nintendo DS. Other than that, I am confused why you listed FFIII.

[@VOAN]

*NYCJoeBlack* At one point Square Enix did considered planning to remake the true FFIII to GBA which they were unable to for the Wonder Swan Color. My guess is that they move the project to the DS instead since development for the game would be release too late for the system anyways. I am glad that they ported FFIV, V, and VI to GBA, I just don't get use to the new localization compare to the SNES.

[@NYCJoeBlack]

Voan Siam - Oh, okay.

[@foxymetroid]

I think RE2 Advance was more of a tech demo showing off an engine's capabilities.

[@Ramjet164]

Bloody love rick dangerous.

[@onaretrotip]

Haha, same here!

[@Snowmation]

Desolate World looks like Gods from 1991....really reminds me of it.

[@Snowmation]

Oh you thought the same. lol

[@emmychansuper]

The Phantom is one of the games that could have been really big in Sweden if it was released and translated to Swedish. Kinda shame though

[@onaretrotip]

:(

[@user-zo9dc1lu3q]

Who says that the gba it is "only" a simple portable snes ?

[@onaretrotip]

Exactly! It's so much more than that.

[@thema1998]

@@onaretrotip The idea of a Game Boy Color being a portable SNES isn't necessarily bad. The SNES was home to some of the best video games ever made.

[@shahid1296ify]

Nice one mate , maybe you can make this your video theme until you cover all the consoles/gaming systems?

[@beefyappa]

shahid khan Jesus that would take for fucking ever!

[@shahid1296ify]

Brandon McNeill it would ! It's a lot of hard work too but it's simple and interesting!

[@onaretrotip]

Haha Brandon is right, that's too much work I'm afraid. This video took me probably at least 30 hours to produce (including research, scripting, recording audio, Photoshopping, and editing). It's just not sustainable for me to only do this series, as I work full-time, so you'd probably get one video a month. I prefer to do these when I can and do other (easier) videos in-between.

[@shahid1296ify]

onaretrotip I must of been dreaming too much there I think then mate. Always forgetting how long these videos really do take Good job as always!

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Shahid!

[@contrabandresearch8409]

Some awesome looking games here. Too bad they didn’t land in the hands of gamers.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, I agree! Usually these videos are mostly terrible games, and you can see why they were canned, but this time there are so many great looking games. What a shame.

[@Deoxy360]

DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH!

[@onaretrotip]

What a cartoon, and what a theme tune!

[@Deoxy360]

onaretrotip I only know the theme from the Weekly Planet Podcast.

[@onaretrotip]

Ah man, it's awesome.

[@WilliamStoneContentZone]

Retro's Top 10 RPGs

[@onaretrotip]

That would be a great video, but sadly I don't think I'm the person to do it. I hardly played any RPGs back in the day (apart from Zelda and Landstalker), so I wouldn't do it justice.

[@TBMartin]

Defenders of the earth......................DEFENDERS!

[@onaretrotip]

So memorable :)

[@TBMartin]

@@onaretrotip I loved that show, hasn't aged well though

[@pferreira1983]

@@TBMartin Nah, it's still good compared to what is on today.

[@TBMartin]

@@pferreira1983 Fair play

[@shawn6306]

I really don't like it when games get cancelled and video game systems too in my opinion but what if in another parallel dimension that no games and video game systems have never got cancelled at all that they actually came out i would love to live an that dimension instead

[@onaretrotip]

LOL yeah, I always feel bad for the developers.

[@leonidaschryssinas1723]

Overstorm, Odema & Flashback should've been on the GBA.....xyanide, huh? Gods would've been a welcome addition, ft. Ancient Greece is an honour to all of us Greeks, by all means! As for Blue Angelo, I got 3 things to say : 1 is Lavos reminds me a lot of Chrono Trigger, 2. gamefaqs.com says it was released in 2005 in Europe-never seen it & 3. GP 323 was a Korean exclusive-never heard of it, until u mentioned it! Did u check my Swagman post that I dedicated 2 u, btw?l

[@onaretrotip]

Odema is definitely the one I'd like the most here! Yeah, the GP32 is an interesting one. I was never tempted to get one, but I ordered a GP2X Wiz as soon as they were released! Great console for emulation. Thanks, Leonidas.

[@natecronnon4736]

5th cool

[@onaretrotip]

Cool.

[@adam4349]

Give me Rick Dangerous. Shining Star. magic pockets. chaos engine. Flashback legends. motocross challenge. jet rider

[@onaretrotip]

Good choices!

[@lucaspereirahmj]

You forget Resident Evil 2 and Turok

[@onaretrotip]

As I said in the video, these are twenty-five of many cancelled GBA games.

[@Scioneer]

And yet, Britney Spears Dance Beat was published. smh

[@onaretrotip]

I know, right!

[@johneygd]

Yeah you were fooling us by saying at the end of that game that the footage of command & destroy is from the NDS version,hahaha boohoo, Well anyway i don’t care about most of these cancled games except those 3D games.

[@onaretrotip]

Haha, gotcha!

[@Gsedoy1]

+

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks!

[@ivanluli2726]

Iamm Argentina hangry wamm Month one game el Mario paper boy

[@onaretrotip]

I don't understand what you're trying to say. Te puedes escribir en espanol si prefieres, entiendo un poco.

[@paigeosborne4013]

First

[@rockdesu]

Tyler Grose you deserve a candy.

[@onaretrotip]

Haha yes he does!

[@purpledonatello]

“ great library of games” I think not. Most of it is trash and as it so the list you mentioned.

[@onaretrotip]

"Waaah, these games are trash", he said through tears, as he threw his baby food across the room.